The Rockets can only hope Daniels does as well with he and Parsons heading in different directions.

The Rockets signed Daniels, 22, to a two-year, $2 million guaranteed contract Monday, a day after Parsons headed to the Mavericks. Daniels will not have the same role or even be at the same position, but finalizing the deal to keep the Rockets' other restricted free agent gave them their first official signing of the offseason.

Deal set to go through

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The Rockets are expected to announce the addition of forward Trevor Ariza on Tuesday, when the three-team deal with the Wizards and Pelicans in which the Rockets will trade Omer Asik and pick up New Orleans' first-round pick along with Alonzo Gee and Scotty Hopkins is official.

The Rockets have had talks with a pair of veteran free-agent shooters, Mike Miller and Ray Allen, but have made little progress toward signing either, according to a person with knowledge of the talks. Miller has been considering signing with the Nuggets or Cavaliers. Allen has weighed retirement.

The Rockets are also close to signing their first-round draft pick, center Clint Capela, after uncertainty about whether he would jump to the NBA or remain in France for another season.

"We are planning our roster for next season," Rockets vice president Gersson Rosas said. "We expect him to be a part of it. We're in the process of working toward that."

The Rockets have been working with Capela on his buyout and FIBA letter of clearance. Because contracts for first-round picks are slotted, no issues with signing Capela are expected once he and the team work through the FIBA clearance.

Capela attended Sunday's Las Vegas summer league game but was not in uniform. He has not been on the Rockets' summer league rosters in Orlando or Las Vegas.

"We are still working to get him to be a Rocket officially," said Capela's agent, Bouna Ndiaye. "We have been talking back and forth with the Rockets and myself. We're trying to get him signed. I don't know when. I guess we'll do it soon."

The Rockets selected Capela, 20, with the 25th pick of the draft last month. They had been noncommittal about whether they would prefer he remain in the French league or make the jump to the NBA, saying they like to develop players in their system. But Capela has been steadfast he wants to join the Rockets this summer.

That, along with signing second-round pick Nick Johnson, could take longer than wrapping up Daniels.

D-League luminary

Daniels, who was undrafted out of Virginia Commonwealth, starred in the NBA Development League as a rookie but played in just five regular-season games with the Rockets. He averaged 8.4 points and 15 minutes per game. He had 22 points in the season finale in New Orleans.

In the postseason, he averaged 7.8 points in 16.9 minutes per game off the bench. He averaged 21.5 points in 48 games with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, making 40.1 percent of his 3-pointers.

But he is most recognized for one 3-pointer launched in Portland, with the Rockets hoping now that he has signed, he can add to his NBA highlight reel.